Course Schedule by Day
Monday, June 25, 2012

Introductions, Ice Breaker Activity

Marc Prensky Article - Reactions - http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

Digital Natives - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwKD-GuKkFc&feature=player_embedded
Digital Native vs Digital Immigrants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hXZ4wlekRg&NR=1

Define Assessment - What is Assessment?
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View this short explanation about Authentic Assessment

Authentic Assessment, Alternative Assessment, Formative Assessment

"It should be understood that assessment is not an add-on to instruction.
Rather, it is an integral part of the instructional process, and it can inform
both the teacher and the learner." (Asmus, 1999)

Work Cited:

• Asmus, E. (1999, September 1). JSTOR: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Sep., 1999), pp. 19-24.JSTOR: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Sep., 1999), pp. 19-24. Retrieved June 18, 2012, from http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3399585?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=56264683253

In-Class Reading Assignment (1st PAGE ONLY) - Music Assessment Concepts

Types of Assessment in Music Education
Edward Asmus - University of Miami - Author

Understanding Assessment Jargon
Edward Asmus - University of Miami - Author

How it's being used within Music Education? How do YOU assess your students?

You must know the major learning theories to understand how to create valid assessment instruments.

Learning Theories - http://www.learning-theories.com

Summary of Major Theories - http://www.learning-theories.com/paradigms

Cognitivism(found in multiple formats) - Constructivism(also found in multiple formats)

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences - http://www.learning-theories.com/gardners-multiple-intelligences-theory.html

Gordon's Music Learning Theory - http://giml.org/mlt/about/

Two Factors influencing education today, Collaboration and Higher Order Thinking

ACTIVITY: Create a DIIGO Account and install "DIIGOLET" Into the Browser.
ACTIVITY: Install DROPBOX and SUGARSYNC in the TOOLBAR


Simple Alternative Assessment tools for Music Educators.

Wordle - www.wordle.net
You Are Your Words - http://www.youareyourwords.com/
Creating Acrostics - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
Vokis - www.voki.com

Assessment Using Rubrics
What are Rubrics? - http://www.music.miami.edu/assessment/rubrics.html

Assure that the rubric

1. a. defines a continuum of quality,
2. b. focuses on the same criteria,
3. c. validly discriminates performance levels, and
4. d. can be reliably rated.

CLASS ACTIVITY #1 - (40 POINTS)
Create a rubric using RUBISTAR - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Create a Rubric for a choral, instrumental, or general music application that
accurately measures four points of performance, using a four point criteria.
Print out the rubric that you create, and paste a link to the discussion board
for this page only.

READING FOR TONIGHT: Assessment in Music Education - Ch. 1 & 2